ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302545
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| Date: | Thursday 8 August 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 600 (City of London) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8665 |
| MSN: | BQ-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel near the harbour Manston, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Blenheim L8665/A: Took off for a Operational patrol. 08/08/1940
Blenheim L8665 appeared through the clouds over Manston, on fire and fell into sea near the harbour.
All crew killed. They had been attacked by a Bf 109 of Oberleutnant Gerhard Schopfel of JG. 26.
Crew:
F/O (70266) Dennis Neve GRICE (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (801399) Francis John KEAST (obs) RAFVR - killed.
AC1 (628804) John Benjamin William WARREN (AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.https://www.manstonhistory.org.uk/timeline/
2.Blenheim production list
3.AIR81/1277
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 May 1940 | L1516 | 600 (City of London) Sqn RAF | 2 | Fordbridge gravel pit, Fordbridge, Sunbury-on-Thames, England | |
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